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The morphological affinities of the fossil cranium from Kabua, Kenya Affinités morphologiques du crâne fossile de Kabua (Kenya)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Our current understanding of the origins of Homo sapiens is limited, in part, by the fragmented fossil record from Late Pleistocene and early Holocene Africa. Here, we re‐examine the Kabua 1 cranium, an enigmatic and little‐studied Kenyan fossil discovered in the 1950s. We compare virtual reconstructions created previously by our team with a wide range
Abel Marinus Bosman, Laura Tabitha Buck, Hugo Reyes‐Centeno, Marta Mirazón Lahr, Chris Stringer, Rainer Grün, Qingfeng Shao, Katerina Harvati   +7 more
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Morphology and Variation in Porpoise (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) Cranial Endocasts [PDF]

The Anatomical Record, 2013
ABSTRACTEvolution of endocranial anatomy in cetaceans is important from the perspective of echolocation ability, intelligence, social structure, and alternate pathways for circulation to the brain. Apart from the importance of studying brain shape and asymmetries as they relate to aspects of behavior and intelligence, cranial endocasts can show a close
Rachel A, Racicot, Matthew W, Colbert
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The endocranial anatomy of the stem turtle Naomichelys speciosa from the Early Cretaceous of North America [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2019
Fossil turtles are one of the least studied clades in regard to endocranial anatomy. Recently, the use of non-invasive technologies, such as radiographic computed tomography (CT), increased the knowledge of the neuroanatomy of several extinct and extant ...
Ariana Paulina-Carabajal, Juliana Sterli, Ingmar Werneburg   +2 more
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Comparative endocranial anatomy in the crocodylians Leidyosuchus canadensis and Stangerochampsa mccabei from the upper Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Leidyosuchus canadensis and Stangerochampsa mccabei share endocranial features such as posterior projection of a neurovascular canal in the maxilla and a paratympanic sinus system most similar to those of small‐bodied and young extant crocodylians, suggesting that these pedomorphic features may reflect the ancestral crocodylian condition.
G. Donzé, G. Perrichon, P. Vincent, F. Therrien, J. E. Martin   +4 more
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Endocranial anatomy of the earliest Cretaceous European neosuchian crocodyliform Pholidosaurus purbeckensis provides new evidence for the ecological evolution of Pholidosauridae

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
We present new insights into the internal cranial anatomy of the neosuchian crocodyliform Pholidosaurus purbeckensis, based on CT‐scan data of material from the lowermost Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group, southern UK. From the study of the endocast, we obtained new information on the phylogeny and the ecological evolution of the Family ...
Leonardo Barbini, Paul M. J. Burke, Ilaria Caddeo, Marco Romano, Philip D. Mannion   +4 more
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New data on the sarcopterygian Koharalepis jarviki (Tetrapodomorpha; Canowindridae) from the Late Devonian of Antarctica, revealed via synchrotron and neutron tomography

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
IntroductionThe ‘osteolepiforms’ are an extinct order of lobe-finned fishes that had a cosmopolitan distribution, which are often considered for their proximity to the vertebrate water-to-land transition.
Corinne L. Mensforth, John A. Long, Joseph J. Bevitt, Alice M. Clement   +3 more
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Virtual brain endocasts of the palaeanodont Metacheiromys marshi and the neurosensory evolution of early Pholidotamorpha

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
We describe the endocranial anatomy of Metacheiromys marshi. Decrease in olfaction and eye movement control occurred through time in Pholidotamorpha and is likely linked to fossorial adaptations. The development of the orbital gyrus might be related to the evolution of myrmecophagy and the emergence of a protrusile tongue in early Pholidotamorpha ...
Eduard Cabasés Bru, Raquel Moya‐Costa, John R. Wible, Stephen L. Brusatte, Ornella C. Bertrand   +4 more
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Ballell et al Thecodontosaurus braincase and endocast

, 2020
Computed Tomography dataset of the Thecodontosaurus braincase specimen YPM 2192. Three-dimensional surface models of the braincase and endocast of the Thecodontosaurus specimen YPM 2192. Supporting Information from: A. Ballell, J. L. King, J. M.
Mayoral, Antonio Ballell, Rayfield, Emily, King, Logan, Neenan, James M., Benton, Michael J   +4 more
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Synchrotron microtomography of a Nothosaurus marchicus skull informs on nothosaurian physiology and neurosensory adaptations in early Sauropterygia.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Nothosaurs form a subclade of the secondarily marine Sauropterygia that was well represented in late Early to early Late Triassic marine ecosystems. Here we present and discuss the internal skull anatomy of the small piscivorous nothosaur Nothosaurus ...
Dennis F A E Voeten, Tobias Reich, Ricardo Araújo, Torsten M Scheyer   +3 more
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Braincase With Natural Endocast of a Juvenile Rhinocerotinae From the Late Middle Pleistocene Site of Melpignano (Apulia, Southern Italy)

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020
Cranial remains of juvenile fossil rhinoceroses are rarely described in literature and very few is known about the ontogenetic development of their inner anatomy.
Dawid A. Iurino, Jacopo Conti, Beniamino Mecozzi, Beniamino Mecozzi, Raffaele Sardella, Raffaele Sardella   +5 more
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